Cosmetic and conditioner for skin and hair

ABSTRACT

1. A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT USED AS A COSMETIC AND CONDITIONER FOR SKIN AND HAIR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: SUN OF DRYING WATER-WASHED POLYPODIUM PHYLLITIDIS L. ROOTS AND LEAVES, GRINDING SAID ROOTS AND LEAVES, DISSOLVE IN APPROXIMATELY 0.875 1. OF APPROXIMATELY 70% SORBITOL SOLUTION APPROXIMATELY 15.00 GM. OF METHYL GM. OF PROPYL PARA-HYDROXYBENZOATE TO PROVIDE 5.00 GM. OF PROPYL PARA-HYDROXYBENZOATE TO PROVIDE A FIRST FLUID, HEATING THE FIRST FLUID AT APPROXIMATELY 176*F., ADDING APPROXIMATELY 5.600 1. OF DISTILLED WATER AND WHILE AGITATING THIS SECOND FLUID HEATING IT TO 212*C., MAINTANING THE TEMPERATURE AT 212*F FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 235.00 GM OF THE GROUND ROOTS AND APPROXIMATELY 115.00 GM. OF THE GROUND LEAVES TO PRODUCE A THIRD FLUID, FILTERING THE THIRD FLUID AFTER IS IS COOLED IN A COVERED CONTANER, ADDING APPROXIMATELY 5.925 1. OF DISTILLED WATER, AGITATING AND ADDING APPROXIMTELY 4.025 1. OF ALCOHOL AND APPRIXIMATELY 0.050 1. OF ESSEBCE OF PORTUGAL TO PRODUCE A FOURTH FLUID, !HE FOURTH FLUID IS HELD IN REPOSE IN A CLOSED RECIPIENT FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN AYS, AND EXTRACTING BY ECANTATION ALL THE CLEAR LIQUID TO PROVIDE THE PRODUCT.

Oct. 1, 1974 MARTINEZ ETAL 3,839,553

.\ COSMETIC AND CONDITIONER FOR SKIN AND HAIR Filed Aug 13; 1970 RooT OFPOLYPODIUM PHYLITIDI5.L. 255.00 6M.

LEAVES OF POLYPODIUM Pl-lVLITlDl5-L. {15.00 61M. IMETHYL-PARAHYDROXYBENZOATE I500 6 PI20PYL PAIZAHYDRCJXYBENZOATE 5.00 6M.

FORMULA s0I2EIT0L (70% soLUTIoN) .215 I DISTILLED WATER 5.000 2 ALCOIIOLETHVL ORISOPROPYL) 4.025 Z ESSENCE PORTUGAL 0.050 12,

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Filed Aug. 13, 1970, Ser. No. 63,472 Int. Cl. A61k 7/06 US. Cl. 424-74 1Claim ABSTRACT on THE DISCLOSURE The invention relates to a cosmetic andconditioner for skin and hair, prepared with active principles that aresoluble in a mixture of distilled water and 70% sorbitol solution andare obtained from the botanic specie denominated Polypodium PhillitidisL., Polipodiacias family.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION While observing in the Caribbean Islands andCentral America, the natives using a concoction for hair washing as abeautifying means and for the prevention of hair falling out, we decidedto consult references appearing in a treatise written by Doctors Roigand Mesa, entitled Plantas Medicinales Cubanas, Cuban Medicinal Plantspages 529-530. It led us to make a series of studies to determine theactive principles in certain botanic plants, and to find a formula andtechnique for the evaluation and production of a hair lotion, pleasingin odor, and also usable as a brillantine.

The analysis made of our lotion has uncovered the following ingredients:hormones as 17-ketosteroids 2.40%, hydroxy-hormones 1.10%, biotin 0.47%,pantothenic acid 0.11%. The hydroxy-steroids include testosterone. Wehave discovered in a botanic specie, active principles, which accordingto the revised literature, prevent the falling of the hair besidesgiving to it a delicate luster. In Practical Pharmacy by Remington,second edition translated into Spanish, referring to biotin, states onpage 1042 that biotin deficiency produces dermatitis and loss of hair.On page 1052 it suggests the use of pantothenic acid in the mane, due toits effect on white hair and finally on page 1015 it states that theandrogen hormones, stimulate hair growth. In addition, the referencesfound in revised literature and copies of invention patents we haveseen, that have been concerned with protecting methods, etc. ofobtaining hormones from vegetable sources, refer only to what is knownas beginning materials to facilitate means to obtain hormones bysynthesis performed in laboratories. We have found these hormonesproduced by the botanic specie itself, namely Polypodium Phyllitidis L.,Polipodiacias family, which we extracted with a mixture of distilledwater and 70% sorbitol solution by heating to 212 F. useful to producethe cosmetic and conditioner of the instant invention.

Prior methods of preparing concoctions have been known for many yearsand have been shown in previous revisions of the United StatesPharmacopea, they were not recommended for immediate use because theproducts obtained were poorly presevered. Our method offers theoriginality of employing a vehicle or as vehicle, a mixture of sorbitoland distilled water with the two preservative agents, methylpara-hydroxybenzoate and propyl parahydroxybenzoate dissolved in thesorbitol before mixing the distilled water therein. This techniqueavoids the starting of fermentation in the product.

The botanic specie Polypodium Phyllitidis L., exists in Puerto Rico,Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas, Florida,

3,839,553 Patented Oct. 1, 1974 and from Mexico to Paraguay. The formulawhich we employ for the preparation of the lotion is the following:

Root of Polypodium Phyllitidis L. gm. 235.00

Leaves of Polypodium Phyllitidis L. gm 115.00 Methylpara-hydroxybenzoate gm 15.00 Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate gm 5.00 70%sorbitol solution I.... 0.875 Distilled water I 5.600 Alcohol (Ethyl orIsopropyl) l 4.025 Essence Portugal I 0.050

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The product exemplified by the formulashown at 10 in FIG. 1 provides a product that oils and conditions skin.

As shown in FIG. 2, this formula can be produced by the followingprocess:

1. Wash roots and leaves of the botanic specie with water, to eliminateimpurities and dry them by exposure to sun heat. (Step 12) 2. Grindseparately roots and leaves. (Step 14) 3. Dissolve in thepara-hydroxybenzoates in the sorbitol, heating at 176 F. and whileagitating this solution add the distilled water and heat the wholemixture to 212 F. Then add the roots and leaves which appear in theformula, maintaining the temperature at 212 F. for a few minutes afterthe drug is added. Cover the receiver containing the preparation and letit cool. Then filter it, repeating until the liquid comes out clear.Extract by expression the last portions of liquid remaining in the frame(drug) putting it through the filter also. (Step 16) 4. The liquids oncereunited should be completed with 5.925 1. of distilled water, adding itwithout stopping the agitating of the alcohol and the essence. (Step 18)5. The preparation should be kept in repose, in a closed receiver tendays. Thereafter extract by decantation all the clear liquid, filter itand bottle. (Step 20) While we have described our invention withparticular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered aslimiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

1. A method for producing a product used as a cosmetic and conditionerfor skin and hair comprising the steps of sun of drying water-washedPolypodium Phyllitidis L.

roots and leaves, grinding said roots and leaves, dissolve inapproximately 0.875 1. of approximately 70% sorbitol solutionapproximately 15.00 gm. of methyl para-hydroxybenzoate and approximately5.00 gm. of propyl para-hydroxybenzoate to provide a first fluid,

heating the first fluid at approximately 176 F.,

adding approximately 5.600 1. of distilled water and while agitatingthis second fluid heating it to 212 F.,

maintaining the temperature at 212 F. for a few minutes while addingapproximately 235.00 gm. of the ground roots and approximately 115.00gm. of the ground leaves to produce a third fluid,

filtering the third fluid after it is cooled in a covered container,

adding approximately 5.925 1. of distilled water, agitating and addingapproximately 4.025 1. of alcohol and approximately 0.050 1. of essenceof Portugal to produce a fourth fiuid,

the fourth fluid is held in repose in a closed recipient forapproximately ten days, and

extracting by decantation all the clear liquid to provide the product.

References Cited FOREIGN PATENTS 3/1964 Belguim 424195 US. Cl. X.R.

1. A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT USED AS A COSMETIC AND CONDITIONERFOR SKIN AND HAIR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: SUN OF DRYING WATER-WASHEDPOLYPODIUM PHYLLITIDIS L. ROOTS AND LEAVES, GRINDING SAID ROOTS ANDLEAVES, DISSOLVE IN APPROXIMATELY 0.875
 1. OF APPROXIMATELY 70% SORBITOLSOLUTION APPROXIMATELY 15.00 GM. OF METHYL GM. OF PROPYLPARA-HYDROXYBENZOATE TO PROVIDE 5.00 GM. OF PROPYL PARA-HYDROXYBENZOATETO PROVIDE A FIRST FLUID, HEATING THE FIRST FLUID AT APPROXIMATELY176*F., ADDING APPROXIMATELY 5.600
 1. OF DISTILLED WATER AND WHILEAGITATING THIS SECOND FLUID HEATING IT TO 212*C., MAINTANING THETEMPERATURE AT 212*F FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 235.00GM OF THE GROUND ROOTS AND APPROXIMATELY 115.00 GM. OF THE GROUND LEAVESTO PRODUCE A THIRD FLUID, FILTERING THE THIRD FLUID AFTER IS IS COOLEDIN A COVERED CONTANER, ADDING APPROXIMATELY 5.925
 1. OF DISTILLED WATER,AGITATING AND ADDING APPROXIMTELY 4.025
 1. OF ALCOHOL AND APPRIXIMATELY0.050
 1. OF ESSEBCE OF PORTUGAL TO PRODUCE A FOURTH FLUID, !HE FOURTHFLUID IS HELD IN REPOSE IN A CLOSED RECIPIENT FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN AYS,AND EXTRACTING BY ECANTATION ALL THE CLEAR LIQUID TO PROVIDE THEPRODUCT.